Editing Hymen (god) (section)

== In popular culture ==
[[File:Austria Silver Medal 1881 Wedding of Crown Prince Rudolf & Stephanie of Belgium, reverse.jpg|thumb|left|Hymen on the reverse of the 1881 wedding medal of Crown Prince [[Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria|Rudolf of Habsburg]] & [[Princess Stéphanie of Belgium|Stephanie of Belgium]] by [[Josef Hermann Tautenhayn|Tautenhayn]]]]
At least since the [[Italian Renaissance]], Hymen was generally represented in art as a young man wearing a garland of flowers and holding a burning torch in one hand.

Hymen appears as a character in the final scene of [[William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare's]] pastoral [[Shakespearean comedy|comedy]] ''[[As You Like It]]'' in which he presides over the rites for four weddings.  These include a dance of harmony for the eight characters entering their unions, including the play's protagonist and heroine [[Rosalind (As You Like It)|Rosalind]] with her beloved [[Orlando (As You Like It)|Orlando]].

''Hymen'' (1921) is an early book of poetry by the American modernist poet [[H.D.]] The eponymous long poem of the collection imagines an ancient Greek women's ritual for a bride.